VCV Spelling Pattern

ALERT
BECOME
BELOW
BICYCLE
CADET
CYCLE
CYCLIST
CYCLONE
DEFEND
DEPEND
MARINE
OCEAN
PARENT
PERIL
POLICE
RECYCLE
RELATE
RIVAL
SIREN
TODAY

When you are reading words with the VCV pattern, if you divide the word after the first vowel as in ba-con, the vowel is pronounced with the long sound. If you divide a VCV patterned word after the consonant as in pres-ent, the vowel is pronounced with the short vowel sound.

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

V U H W T D O T D F E H E L C
O G H Z L C O N F Y O C W W U
E N I R A M E E E B I S N Q H
L A V I R P E R N L N G B R L
H Q X Q E C L A O C E A N B T
N I Y D C L I P L D I G X E Q
F T Z E Y W C K C Z G D D Z L
D R W F C R L Y Y Q B A L E B
I E Z E L K S F C Y C L I S T
N L U N E I H I Y I R H I C O
J A H D W E M O C E B R X T D
T T I R T X T P L Z E A J S A
C E R Y D B Y T E N L V J I Y
O X F K P E R I L Q O G I K B
T P I W U J A X R U W U X W K
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Answer Key for VCV Spelling Pattern

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # T D # # # E # #
2# # # # # # # N # # # C # # #
3E N I R A M E E E # I # # # #
4L A V I R P # R N L # # # # #
5# # # # E # # A O C E A N # T
6# # # D C L # P L # # # # E #
7# T # E Y # C # C # # # D # #
8# R # F C # # Y Y # # A # # #
9# E # E L # # # C Y C L I S T
10# L # N E # # # Y I # # I # O
11# A # D # E M O C E B R # # D
12# T # # # # # # L # E # # # A
13# E # # # # # # E N L # # # Y
14# # # # P E R I L # O # # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # W # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  211n
BECOME  1111w
BELOW  1111s
BICYCLE  88nw
CADET  119ne
CYCLE  99s
CYCLIST  99e
CYCLONE  99n
DEFEND  46s
DEPEND  55ne
MARINE  63w
OCEAN  95e
PARENT  86n
PERIL  514e
POLICE  95ne
RECYCLE  55s
RELATE  28s
RIVAL  54w
SIREN  149sw
TODAY  159s